Senate vote fails for 14th time, ensuring longest government shutdown in history: Recap

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance House-passed legislation to reopen the government on the day the shutdown tied ...

Ghazala Hashmi makes history as first Muslim woman elected to statewide office in U.S.

Virginia senator Ghazala Hashmi wins the lieutenant governor’s race, becoming the first Muslim woman ever elected to ...

How Senate stands in ending government shutdown, and how your senators voted

The Senate has tried seven times to pass a bill to end the government shutdown. Here's how your state's senators voted.

GOP senators fire shots at Pentagon’s policy chief over information sharing

Several Republican senators lambasted the Department of Defense’s (DOD) policy office and its leader for not informing the Senate Armed Services Committee about major decisions, including the ...

Some senators predict the government shutdown, now the longest in history, could end this week

Bipartisan talks between rank-and-file Democrats and Republicans have been picking up, while House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed a plan to fund the government into January.
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Q&A: Meet the 3 candidates running for Senate District 9 in Tarrant County

Two Republicans from Southlake and a Fort Worth Democrat will be up for election to represent Tarrant County in the Texas Senate.

Bipartisan senators call on Hegseth to release strike orders on alleged drug boats in Caribbean

A bipartisan pair of senators demand Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth provide military orders for the Caribbean boat strikes targeting alleged narco-terrorists.
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Massachusetts Senate Democrats push back at county sheriffs in escalating funding fight

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate offered a full-throated denial Thursday that county sheriffs gave them a heads-up ...